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US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Stacia C. Tieman (left), Public Affairs Journeyman, 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), interviews Mr. Wilbur Richardson, wearing the uniform of a World War II (WW II) US Army Air Force (USAAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT), for an upcoming article on the rededication of the American Air Museum at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Standing to the left of Mr. Richardson is an unidentified female wearing the uniform of a WW II USAAF 1ST Lieutenant (1LT)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Stacia C. Tieman (left), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Duxford State: Cambridgeshire Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Andrew E. Lynch, USAF Release Status: Released to Public... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jake Miller, 752nd Special

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jake Miller, 752nd Special

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jake Miller, 752nd Special Operations Group deputy commander, briefs members of the RAF Mildenhall’s 352nd Special Operations Wing and the United Kingdom’s Round Canopy Parachute Team du... More

TF-51D Mustang ‘Contrary Mary’ and Republic P-47D

TF-51D Mustang ‘Contrary Mary’ and Republic P-47D

TF-51D Mustang ‘Contrary Mary’ and Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 'Nellie' fly in formation during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. One of the best-performing allied f... More

Eric Zipkin, chief pilot of one of the commemorative

Eric Zipkin, chief pilot of one of the commemorative

Eric Zipkin, chief pilot of one of the commemorative airborne operations for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, briefs members of the RAF Mildenhall’s 352nd Special Operations Wing and the United Kingdom’s Round Ca... More

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over RAF Duxford,

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over RAF Duxford,

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over RAF Duxford, England, July 10, 2017. The Thunderbirds flew over several bases and landmarks in preparation for the 2017 Royal International Air Tattoo being held at RAF ... More

A U.S. Air Force Major, 67th Special Operations Squadron

A U.S. Air Force Major, 67th Special Operations Squadron

A U.S. Air Force Major, 67th Special Operations Squadron evaluator and pilot, briefs members of the RAF Mildenhall’s 352nd Special Operations Wing and the United Kingdom’s Round Canopy Parachute Team during an ... More

A member of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF

A member of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF

A member of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF Mildenhall displays his commemorative D-Day uniform patch during an Air Mission Brief at RAF Duxford, England, May 31, 2019. Pilots, Air Commandos and other ... More

A member of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF

A member of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF

A member of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF Mildenhall displays his commemorative D-Day uniform patch during an Air Mission Brief at RAF Duxford, England, May 31, 2019. Pilots, Air Commandos and other ... More

Members of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF

Members of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF

Members of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF Mildenhall, the United Kingdom’s Round Canopy Parachute Team and the Commemorative Air Force listen during an Air Mission Brief at RAF Duxford, England, May 3... More

TF-51D Mustang ‘Contrary Mary’ and Republic P-47D

TF-51D Mustang ‘Contrary Mary’ and Republic P-47D

TF-51D Mustang ‘Contrary Mary’ and Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 'Nellie' taxi to the runway during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. One of the best-performing allied... More

David Brothers, a pilot with the Commemorative Air

David Brothers, a pilot with the Commemorative Air

David Brothers, a pilot with the Commemorative Air Force, conducts a maintenance check on a C-53D “D-Day Doll” at RAF Duxford, England, May 31, 2019. The aircraft is part of a fleet of historical aircraft that ... More

The Strikemaster Pair takes off for an aerial demonstration

The Strikemaster Pair takes off for an aerial demonstration

The Strikemaster Pair takes off for an aerial demonstration during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. The British Aircraft Corporation 167 Strikemaster was a develop... More

A World War II-era aircraft taxis on the runway at

A World War II-era aircraft taxis on the runway at

A World War II-era aircraft taxis on the runway at RAF Duxford, England, May 31, 2019. Pilots, The aircraft is part of a fleet of historical aircraft that are preparing to support a series of commemorative even... More

Duxford Air Festival attendees watch aerial performances

Duxford Air Festival attendees watch aerial performances

Duxford Air Festival attendees watch aerial performances at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. The 2019 Festival celebrated the jet engine, which entered operational military service in 1944 an... More

A U.S. Air Force Major, 67th Special Operations Squadron

A U.S. Air Force Major, 67th Special Operations Squadron

A U.S. Air Force Major, 67th Special Operations Squadron evaluator and pilot, of the 67th Special Operations Squadron, looks out the cockpit window of a C-53D “D-Day Doll” at RAF Duxford, England, May 31, 2019.... More

The Royal Air Force Chinook Display Team performs a

The Royal Air Force Chinook Display Team performs a

The Royal Air Force Chinook Display Team performs a demonstration during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. The Chinook is an extremely capable and highly versatile ... More

Members of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF

Members of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF

Members of the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF Mildenhall sit in the cockpit of a C-53D “D-Day Doll” at RAF Duxford, England, May 31, 2019. The aircraft is part of a fleet of historical aircraft that are ... More

The Blades Aerobatic Team dives in formation during

The Blades Aerobatic Team dives in formation during

The Blades Aerobatic Team dives in formation during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. The team flies the Extra 300, a low-wing, high performance aircraft designed f... More

A World War II-era aircraft taxis on the runway at

A World War II-era aircraft taxis on the runway at

A World War II-era aircraft taxis on the runway at RAF Duxford, England, May 31, 2019. Pilots, The aircraft is part of a fleet of historical aircraft that are preparing to support a series of commemorative even... More

The Blades Aerobatic Team performs a demonstration

The Blades Aerobatic Team performs a demonstration

The Blades Aerobatic Team performs a demonstration during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. The team of former Red Arrows and award winning pilots perform close-for... More

A C-53D “D-Day Doll” is on display at RAF Duxford,

A C-53D “D-Day Doll” is on display at RAF Duxford,

A C-53D “D-Day Doll” is on display at RAF Duxford, England, May 31, 2019. Pilots, The aircraft is part of a fleet of historical aircraft that are preparing to support a series of commemorative events to honor o... More

The Blades Aerobatic Team performs a demonstration

The Blades Aerobatic Team performs a demonstration

The Blades Aerobatic Team performs a demonstration during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. The team, which consists of former Red Arrow pilots and one national aer... More

An Apache AH1 from the Attack Helicopter Display Team

An Apache AH1 from the Attack Helicopter Display Team

An Apache AH1 from the Attack Helicopter Display Team conducts a demonstration during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. The display team returned this year after a ... More

An Apache AH1 from the Attack Helicopter Display Team

An Apache AH1 from the Attack Helicopter Display Team

An Apache AH1 from the Attack Helicopter Display Team performs a demonstration during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. The display team returned this year after a ... More

The Royal Air Force Chinook Display Team banks during

The Royal Air Force Chinook Display Team banks during

The Royal Air Force Chinook Display Team banks during a demonstration during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. Chinooks are primarily used for trooping, resupply an... More

B-17 Flying Fortress G-BEDF 'Sally B' performs an aerial

B-17 Flying Fortress G-BEDF 'Sally B' performs an aerial

B-17 Flying Fortress G-BEDF 'Sally B' performs an aerial demonstration during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. 'Sally B' is the last remaining airworthy B-17 in Eu... More

B-17 Flying Fortress G-BEDF 'Sally B' prepares to take

B-17 Flying Fortress G-BEDF 'Sally B' prepares to take

B-17 Flying Fortress G-BEDF 'Sally B' prepares to take off for a demonstration during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. 'Sally B' is the last remaining airworthy B-... More

B-17 Flying Fortress G-BEDF 'Sally B' performs an aerial

B-17 Flying Fortress G-BEDF 'Sally B' performs an aerial

B-17 Flying Fortress G-BEDF 'Sally B' performs an aerial demonstration during the Duxford Air Festival at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, May 26, 2019. Built as a Boeing B-17G-105-VE c/n 8693, the future ... More

Captured Ju 88A-5 on the ground

Captured Ju 88A-5 on the ground

A captured Junkers Ju 88 A-5, RAF serial HM509, of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight based at Collyweston, Northamptonshire. Formerly "M2+MK" of Küstenfliegergruppe 106, this aircraft fell into British ha... More

Ju88 englisch - Australia in World War Two

Ju88 englisch - Australia in World War Two

A captured Junkers Ju 88 A-5, RAF serial HM509, of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight based at Collyweston, Northamptonshire, in flight. Formerly "M2+MK" of Küstenfliegergruppe 106, this aircraft fell into... More

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1429

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1429

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1434

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1434

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Armourers preparing belts of .303-inch ammunition for Hawker Hurricane Mk I DU-J (serial L1926) of No. 312 (Czech) Squadron RAF. Flown by Alois Vašátko it share... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Cierva C.30a (rota. 1). CH1426

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Cierva C.30a (rota. 1). CH1...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Cierva C.30a (rota. 1). Rota Mark I, possibly K4239 of No. 5 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flight, being wheeled into position by groundcrew at Duxford, Cambridge... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Hawker Typhoon. HU48147

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Hawker Typhoon. HU48147

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Hawker Typhoon. The fifth production Typhoon Mark IA, R7580, parked at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, while being tested by the Air Fighting Development Unit. The following... More

American Aircraft in RAF Service 1939-1945- Bell Model 14 Airacobra. CH3728

American Aircraft in RAF Service 1939-1945- Bell Model 14 Airacobra. C...

American Aircraft in RAF Service 1939-1945- Bell Model 14 Airacobra. Airacobra Mark I, AH577, of No. 601 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Duxford, Cambridgeshire.

American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Vultee-stinson Model 74 Vigilant. CH17816

American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Vultee-stinson...

American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Vultee-stinson Model 74 Vigilant. Vigilant, HL432, of the Air Fighting Development Unit based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, in flight.

American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service, 1939-1945- Curtis Hawk 87a Kittyhawk. ATP10674E

American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service, 1939-1945- Curtis Hawk 8...

American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service, 1939-1945- Curtis Hawk 87a Kittyhawk. Kittyhawk Mark I, AK573, on the ground at Prestwick after erection by Scottish Aviation Ltd. AK573 subsequently joined the Ai... More

Armourers replenish the ammunition in a Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 7 September 1940. CH1297

Armourers replenish the ammunition in a Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 3...

Armourers replenish the ammunition in a Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 7 September 1940. Armourers replenish the ammunition in Hawker Hurricane Mark I, ... More

Bell Airacobra Mk I of No. 601 Squadron RAF at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 21 August 1941. CH3723

Bell Airacobra Mk I of No. 601 Squadron RAF at Duxford, Cambridgeshire...

Bell Airacobra Mk I of No. 601 Squadron RAF at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 21 August 1941. Airacobra Mark I, AH576 ‘UF’, of No. 601 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. The aircraft was detache... More

Bell Airacobra Mk I of No. 601 Squadron RAF based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 21 August 1941. CH3711

Bell Airacobra Mk I of No. 601 Squadron RAF based at Duxford, Cambridg...

Bell Airacobra Mk I of No. 601 Squadron RAF based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 21 August 1941. Airacobra Mark I, AH577, of No. 601 Squadron RAF based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, in flight. This aircraft was cod... More

Duxford Airfield 1918-1939 Q96065

Duxford Airfield 1918-1939 Q96065

Duxford Airfield 1918-1939 An aerial view of Duxford under construction in September 1918, viewed from the west, showing the temporary hangars in the foreground. The photograph was taken by DH9 aircraft of No ... More

Ground staff examine the damage to the elevators of a Boulton-Paul Defiant Mk I of No. 264 Squadron RAF at Duxford, following a battle with German fighters over Dunkirk, 29 May 1940. CH185

Ground staff examine the damage to the elevators of a Boulton-Paul Def...

Ground staff examine the damage to the elevators of a Boulton-Paul Defiant Mk I of No. 264 Squadron RAF at Duxford, following a battle with German fighters over Dunkirk, 29 May 1940. Riggers examining the damag... More

HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are greeted by Brigadier Frank Hunter and Major General Ira Eaker of the 8th US Army Air Forces on a visit to Duxford, 26 May 1943. CH19214

HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are greeted by Brigadier Frank H...

HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are greeted by Brigadier Frank Hunter and Major General Ira Eaker of the 8th US Army Air Forces on a visit to Duxford, 26 May 1943. HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth ar... More

Hurricane Mk IIBs of 'B' Flight, No. 601 Squadron, based at Duxford, 21 August 1941. CH3517

Hurricane Mk IIBs of 'B' Flight, No. 601 Squadron, based at Duxford, 2...

Hurricane Mk IIBs of 'B' Flight, No. 601 Squadron, based at Duxford, 21 August 1941. Six Hurricane Mk IIBs of 'B' Flight, No. 601 Squadron RAF based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, flying in starboard echelon forma... More

Interior of RAF Fighter Command's Sector 'G' Operations Room at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, September 1940. CH1401

Interior of RAF Fighter Command's Sector 'G' Operations Room at Duxfor...

Interior of RAF Fighter Command's Sector 'G' Operations Room at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, September 1940. Interior of the Sector 'G' Operations Room at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. The callsigns of fighter squadron... More

Interior of the orderly room at RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire, with RAF, WAAF and civilian clerks at work, September 1940. CH1388

Interior of the orderly room at RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire, with RA...

Interior of the orderly room at RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire, with RAF, WAAF and civilian clerks at work, September 1940. Interior of the Station Orderly Room at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, with RAF, WAAF and civ... More

Ministry of Aircraft Production Second World War Official Collection E(MOS)1225

Ministry of Aircraft Production Second World War Official Collection E...

Ministry of Aircraft Production Second World War Official Collection Captured Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3, DG200, in flight while serving with No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight. Formerly 'Black 12' of 2/JG51, this ... More

North American Mustang Mk I of the Air Fighting Development Unit at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, February 1942. CH17966

North American Mustang Mk I of the Air Fighting Development Unit at Du...

North American Mustang Mk I of the Air Fighting Development Unit at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, February 1942. Mustang Mark I, AG365, of the Air Fighting Development Unit, on the ground at Duxford, Cambridge. Thi... More

Pilots and Hawker Hurricanes of No. 56 'Punjab' Squadron RAF at Duxford, 2 January 1942. CH4547

Pilots and Hawker Hurricanes of No. 56 'Punjab' Squadron RAF at Duxfor...

Pilots and Hawker Hurricanes of No. 56 'Punjab' Squadron RAF at Duxford, 2 January 1942. Pilots and Hurricanes of No 56 'Punjab' Squadron at Duxford, 2 January 1942. The official caption reads: 'Fighter aircraf... More

Pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF in front of Hawker Hurricane Mk I at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 7 September 1940. CH1299

Pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF in front of Hawker Hurri...

Pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF in front of Hawker Hurricane Mk I at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 7 September 1940. Czechoslovak pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF and their British flight ... More

RAF Fighter Command CH1340, World War II photo

RAF Fighter Command CH1340, World War II photo

RAF Fighter Command Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, commanding No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron, with Major Alexander 'Sasha' Hess, CO of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Duxford, September 1940.

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH1360

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH1360

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Sergeant Bernard 'Jimmy' Jennings of No 19 Squadron rests on a starter trolley while giving a combat report to the squadron 'spy' (intelligence officer) at Fowlmere, t... More

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH1361

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH1361

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Flight Lieutenant Walter 'Farmer' Lawson, one of No 19 Squadron's flight commanders, photographed in his flying kit at Fowlmere, the satellite airfield of Duxford, lat... More

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH1410

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH1410

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Flying Officer Hugh Tamblyn of No 242 Squadron, photographed on Squadron Leader Douglas Bader's Hurricane at Duxford, late September 1940.

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH1433

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH1433

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command An RAF sergeant introduces two Czech fitters to the inner workings of a No 310 Squadron Hurricane at Duxford, October 1940. Clearly visible in this photograph is the r... More

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH1466

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH1466

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Flying Officer Frank Brinsden, a New Zealander with No 19 Squadron, at ease in the spartan living accommodation at Fowlmere, the satellite airfield of Duxford, late Se... More

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH1342

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH1342

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Three decorated fighter pilots of No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron RAF, standing outside the Officers' Mess at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. They are (left to right): Pilot O... More

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH1391

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH1391

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Squadron Leader B J E "Sandy" Lane, Officer Commanding No. 19 Squadron RAF, standing in front of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark I at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Lane joi... More

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH1458

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH1458

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Armourer Fred Roberts re-arms Supermarine Spitfire Mark IA, X4474 'QV-I', of No. 19 Squadron RAF at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, while the pilot, Sergeant B J Jennings, ... More

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH15606

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH15606

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Junkers Ju 88A-4, EE205, of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight is started up at Collyweston, Northamptonshire. Originally 4D-DL of 3/KG30, the aircraft landed b... More

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH3726

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH3726

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. A Bell Airacobra Mark I of No. 601 Squadron RAF is inspected by interested ground personnel at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, shortly after the squadron re-equipped with th... More

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH5096

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH5096

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Captured Fiat CR.42, BT474, of the Air Fighting Development Unit, parked in a dispersal at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. The aircraft was salvaged following a forced land... More

Royal Air Force- Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. CM3706

Royal Air Force- Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean,...

Royal Air Force- Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. Wing Commander P P Hanks, while leader of the Luqa Fighter Wing in Malta. Prosser Hanks served with the RAF before the war, joi... More

Sergeant Bohumil Furst of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron is greeted by the squadron mascot on returning to Duxford after a sortie in his Hawker Hurricane Mk I, 7 September 1940. CH1296

Sergeant Bohumil Furst of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron is greeted b...

Sergeant Bohumil Furst of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron is greeted by the squadron mascot on returning to Duxford after a sortie in his Hawker Hurricane Mk I, 7 September 1940. Sergeant B Furst of No. 310 (Cz... More

Spitfire pilots of No. 19 Squadron RAF gather at Manor Farm, Fowlmere, near Duxford in Cambridgeshire, September 1940. CH1364

Spitfire pilots of No. 19 Squadron RAF gather at Manor Farm, Fowlmere,...

Spitfire pilots of No. 19 Squadron RAF gather at Manor Farm, Fowlmere, near Duxford in Cambridgeshire, September 1940. Pilots of No. 19 Squadron RAF gather at Manor Farm, Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, after a sortie, .

Squadron Leader Brian 'Sandy' Lane, CO of No. 19 Squadron (centre) confers with Flight Lieutenant Walter 'Farmer' Lawson and Flight Sergeant George 'Grumpy Unwin at Fowlmere near Duxford, September 1940. CH1366

Squadron Leader Brian 'Sandy' Lane, CO of No. 19 Squadron (centre) con...

Squadron Leader Brian 'Sandy' Lane, CO of No. 19 Squadron (centre) confers with Flight Lieutenant Walter 'Farmer' Lawson and Flight Sergeant George 'Grumpy Unwin at Fowlmere near Duxford, September 1940. Three ... More

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader (centre) and fellow pilots of No. 242 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant Eric Ball and Pilot Officer Willie McKnight, admire the nose art on Bader's Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, October 1940. CH1412

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader (centre) and fellow pilots of No. 242 Sq...

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader (centre) and fellow pilots of No. 242 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant Eric Ball and Pilot Officer Willie McKnight, admire the nose art on Bader's Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, October 1... More

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader with pilots of No. 242 Squadron in front of his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940. CH1413

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader with pilots of No. 242 Squadron in front...

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader with pilots of No. 242 Squadron in front of his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940. Squadron Leader Douglas Bader DSO (front centre) with some of the Canadian pilots of hi... More

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940. CH1406

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his H...

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940. British Personalities: Squadron Leader Douglas Bader DSO DFC CO of 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force... More

Squadron Leader P A Hunter (far left), the CO of No. 264 Squadron RAF, briefs his pilots by one of the Squadron's Boulton-Paul Defiants at Duxford, 31 May 1940. CH196

Squadron Leader P A Hunter (far left), the CO of No. 264 Squadron RAF,...

Squadron Leader P A Hunter (far left), the CO of No. 264 Squadron RAF, briefs his pilots by one of the Squadron's Boulton-Paul Defiants at Duxford, 31 May 1940. Squadron Leader P A Hunter (far left), the Comman... More

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa aircraft of the Air Fighting Development Unit based at Duxford, 6 April 1942. CH5291

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa aircraft of the Air Fighting Development U...

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa aircraft of the Air Fighting Development Unit based at Duxford, 6 April 1942. Spitfire Mark IIA, P7290 ‘AF-V’, of the Air Fighting Development Unit based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, ... More

The Battle of Britain 1940 CH1434

The Battle of Britain 1940 CH1434

The Battle of Britain 1940 Armourers preparing belts of .303-inch ammunition for Hawker Hurricane Mk I L1926 DU-J of No. 312 (Czech) Squadron, Duxford, 1940.

WAAF telephone operators in RAF Fighter Command's Sector 'G' Operations Room at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, receiving reports of enemy aircraft plots from Observer Corps posts, September 1940. CH1404

WAAF telephone operators in RAF Fighter Command's Sector 'G' Operation...

WAAF telephone operators in RAF Fighter Command's Sector 'G' Operations Room at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, receiving reports of enemy aircraft plots from Observer Corps posts, September 1940. WAAF telephone opera... More

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - P-47 Thunderbolts

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - P-47 Thunderbolts

P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft of the 78th Fighter Group at Duxford. Handwritten on slide casing:"3-12".

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-63216) Anne Nihilator

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-63216) Anne ...

A P-51 Mustang aircraft (HL-A, serial number 44-63216), named "Anne Nihilator", the pilot being assisted into the aircraft is Colonel John Landers, Commanding Officer of the 78th Fighter Group - based at Duxfor... More

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-72218 Sweet and Lovely

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-72218 Sweet ...

A P-51 Mustang aircraft - WZ-S (serial number 44-72218), named "Sweet and Lovely", of the 78th Fighter Group, Duxford. The aircraft was piloted by Lieutenant Thomas V. Thain. Handwritten on slide casing:"WZ-S D... More

78fg-p51 - A small plane sitting on top of an airport tarmac

78fg-p51 - A small plane sitting on top of an airport tarmac

P-51D-20-NA serial number 44-63279 of the 78th Fighter Group, 83rd Fighter Squadron - World War II. This aircraft was assigned to Col. Frederick C. Gray Jr., and was nicknamed "Mr. Ted III".

504th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106886

504th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106886

Lt. Duane S "Swede" Larson, [Regent ND], 504th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106886 5Q-O "Swede"

Duxford Aerodrome - Ammunition Storage Area

Duxford Aerodrome - Ammunition Storage Area

Ammunition area at Duxford air base where the 78th Fighter Group were based between April 1943 and October 1945. 8 September 1944.

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - Control Tower Officers

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - Control Tower Officers

Senior USAAF personnel including Colonel Stone and General H Arnold on the control tower at Duxford during a visit to the 78th Fighter Group, 1943 Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Brass at S.M. 2nd from right ... More

84th Fighter Squadron - Duxford Aerodrome

84th Fighter Squadron - Duxford Aerodrome

Group shot of 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, pilots at Duxford. Summer 1944.

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - P-47 Bad Medicine

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - P-47 Bad Medicine

Captain Harold E. Stump and Second Lieutenant George J. Hays of the 78th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Bad Medicine", 15 October 1943. Passed for publication 15 Oct 1943. Handwritten caption... More

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - Personnel with Truck

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - Personnel with Truck

Three pilots (in the boots) of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, stand around a jeep at Duxford air base with other officers. They are Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez (left of vehicle), Second L... More

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - 82d FS P-47 Thunderbolts

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - 82d FS P-47 Thunderbolts

A line of 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts at Duxford airbase. The two at the front are MX-S (serial number 42-27339) and MX-W (serial number 42-26387), nicknamed "Miss Behave". Hand... More

Gloster Javelin FAW9 64Sqn 1959

Gloster Javelin FAW9 64Sqn 1959

Six Gloster Javelin FAW.7 of No. 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force, in 1959. The photo was taken, because two captains of the United States Marine Corps, B.M. Adrian and Dirk Bierhaalder, served as radar operators ... More

64 Sqn RAF Duxford NAN3 60

64 Sqn RAF Duxford NAN3 60

Members of No. 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force, with nine Gloster Javelin FAW.7 in the background (left row) at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire (UK), in 1959. To the right are nine Hawker Hunters of 65 squadron. The ... More

83d Fighter Squadron - RAF Duxford

83d Fighter Squadron - RAF Duxford

Pilots of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force on July 5,1944.

82d Fighter Squadron - RAF Duxford

82d Fighter Squadron - RAF Duxford

Pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force.

Albert Gerald Lewis DFC IWM CH1948

Albert Gerald Lewis DFC IWM CH1948

King George VI conferring a Bar to Flying Officer A G Lewis's DFC in an awards ceremony at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Lewis, a South African, had just returned to service with No. 249 Squadron RAF, after being s... More

Captured Fiat CR42 at RAF Duxford

Captured Fiat CR42 at RAF Duxford

A captured Italian Fiat CR.42 Falco (RAF serial BT474) of the RAF Air Fighting Development Unit, parked in a dispersal at Duxford, Cambridgeshire (UK). The aircraft was salvaged following a forced landing at Or... More

Captured Me 109F-2 at Duxford 1941

Captured Me 109F-2 at Duxford 1941

A captured German Messerschmitt Me 109F-2 (RAF serial ES906) in RAF day-fighter camouflage, on the ground at RAF Duxford while being operated by the Air Fighting Development Unit, October 1941. The aircraft had... More

CH 4545 - A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform

CH 4545 - A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform

Squadron Leader H S L "Cocky" Dundas, commanding officer of 56 Squadron RAF. RAF Duxford.

Aerial photographs - Duxford-9july1946

Aerial photographs - Duxford-9july1946

Duxford Airfield, England 9 July 1946 Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Formation of No.19 Squadron RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Is in 1938 over Cambridgeshire

Formation of No.19 Squadron RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Is in 1938 ove...

Five Supermarine Spitfire Mark Is of No. 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire (UK), flying in starboard echelon formation led by the Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader H.I. Cozens, in K9794.

Heinkel 111 AW177 MH 31314

Heinkel 111 AW177 MH 31314

Captured Heinkel He 111H-1, RAF serial number, AW177, (formerly 1H-EN of 5/KG26), on the ground at RAF Duxford, while being operated by the Air Fighting Development Unit

Hurricane IIBs 601 Sqn RAF in flight 1941

Hurricane IIBs 601 Sqn RAF in flight 1941

Six Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane Mk IIBs of 'B' Flight, No. 601 Squadron RAF based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, flying in starboard echelon formation near Thaxted, Essex (UK).

Messerschmitt Bf 110C captured 1940

Messerschmitt Bf 110C captured 1940

A captured German Messerschmitt Me 110 C-5 (W.Nr. 2177) of the reconnaissance unit 4.(F)/14 (5F+CM). This aircraft was shot down by the Red Section of No. 238 Squadron RAF on 21 July 1940 at Goodwood (UK). The ... More

RAF Ju-88 RAF Bassingbourn WWII IWM HU 93020

RAF Ju-88 RAF Bassingbourn WWII IWM HU 93020

IWM caption : Junkers Ju 88A-5, HM509, of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight based at Collyweston, Northamptonshire, parked in front of the hangars at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, during the unit's 11th ... More

P-51ds-duxford-1945-2

P-51ds-duxford-1945-2

Three squadrons (82nd, 83rd and 84th) of P-51Ds of the 78th FG at Duxford airdrome, England, 7th June 1945